How to save a country from snakebite
One woman leads the way in stopping snakebite from killing and mutilating thousands in Indonesia. Meet Maha, the snakebite doctor.
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One billion people worldwide stop breathing while they sleep. Are you one of them?
If you have sleep apnoea, chances are you don’t realise it. But it can put your life at risk.
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If a medicine is too expensive, should a hospital make its own?
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Why is it so hard to stop people dying from snakebite?
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The heart-stopping reality of cardiac arrest
Researchers are trying to understand how best to help more people survive and recover from in-hospital arrests.
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Giving breath to the issue: What happened after our stories on dysphagia?
Bryn Nelson’s no-holds-barred articles on people who can’t swallow normally hit a chord with our readers.
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Gene therapies only work for some people – so how do we fix this?
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The DNA detectives hunting the causes of cancer
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How close are we to a cure for Huntington’s?
Peter Forbes reports on the potential first treatment for this devastating condition.
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Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not
Joanna Moorhead on the decision she made not to have a mastectomy.
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Smoothfood: dinner, but not as you know it